Comments on: Bionic Commando: Embracing The 80s Tacky

By: GeorgeR

GeorgeR — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 01:09:57 +0000

The only thing that irks me is the redux of the bosses. I liked some of the bosses that were all gun.

Still though, this is going to be awesome.

By: Radiant

Radiant — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 14:02:10 +0000

Does the new version have the old ones glorious military calypso music?
Military & Calypso; only geniuses put those two styles together.

By: NeoTheo

NeoTheo — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 11:18:49 +0000

not enough good old platformers around thesedays, this looks top bananna ;) cant wait to see it on the streets.

loved the original game, so this should be a nice hawk back to years gone by i hope.

By: Kavika

Kavika — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 06:13:37 +0000

@rob: I personally prefer a presentation given by people who actually put serious work into the game, not some random media icon, or self-aggrandizing turd. If those people happen to be awkward in front of a camera, so be it, as long as the content they present is interesting.

By: rob

rob — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 10:20:31 +0000

You can’t just tart a couple of guys up with a polo neck and a tea cosy and expect them to be able to present. Listening to these two chaps was painful.

By: Professor Pyro

Professor Pyro — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 08:15:49 +0000

This is looking quite good! I never played the original, but I like these guys, they seem to be genuinely excited about the game, and that’s always encouraging to see in games developers.

By: Deuteronomy

Deuteronomy — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 22:36:51 +0000

Not until John takes back the ‘weak port’ comment.

By: Max

Max — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 22:01:11 +0000

Stop talking about bloody GRAW! :P

Bionic Commando article, people! More opinions!

By: Sprafa

Sprafa — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 21:24:11 +0000

The GRAW games for PC were horrendously hard (and highly inconsistent in difficulty), and the lack of a quicksave killed the game for me. It was just too frustrating to have a tank aiming straight at me, and only at me, through the delapidated walls of a devastated building, forcing me to replay a section where you have to kill about 40 soldiers before the tank even arrives. I kept felting like i was a worhtless human being.

By: Shon

Shon — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 20:03:23 +0000

Man, it makes me want to play the original NES version. I do wonder why Capcom never made an sequel back in the 80′s.

By: kuddles

kuddles — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 19:45:05 +0000

Yeah, I was about to mention that the GRAW games were definetely not ports, but actually original games with similar storylines but were made to be more PC-centric. Compared to say, the recent Rainbow Six Vegas and Splinter Cell games, GRAW is probably the only Tom Clancy game the Ubisoft released in the past few years that wasn’t a weak port.

By: Deuteronomy

Deuteronomy — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 18:37:40 +0000

GRAW on the pc was not a port. And I’m currently about halfway through playing on hard difficulty.

The only ‘weak’ aspect is a somewhat dodgy friendly AI. If you babysit them on the tactical map they do well enough. In every other respect the game is a blast.

Warning – don’t get it from Steam – it’s buggy as hell. I had to redownload it from Direct2Drive and it works great. Honestly this has been happening a lot lately and I’m starting to get sick of Valve and Steam.